"What The Cards Were For"
A Card Captor Fanfiction
By: Bekah-chan
Rated: PG (for,
chibi-Yue)
Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*
Author's Notes: Someone asked why Sakura's father's name is 'Kent' in my fic. Well, back at the beginning of the story, I couldn't remember the dubbed name, and I didn't know how to spell the anime one. So I just started calling that character Kent. When I found out that his name, in the dub was 'Aden' (or something similar, thanks to the reviewer who told me that, by the way), I decided that I liked 'Kent' better. So, 'Kent' it stayed. ^_^
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Chapter 38:
Sakura's Father's car was a medium sized sedan, of a make and model that had been top-of-the-line a few years before. The car, a nondescript white color, was no longer new, and some would have gotten a more up-to-date model by now. But Sakura's family loved that car. The whole family had picked it out, together, shortly before Sakura's mother had died. So, the car was special, and they kept it. They would probably drive it until it fell apart, for it was one of the only things left that could be associated with a woman they had all loved.
Kent got in the drivers seat, Touya took shotgun, and the other three piled in the back, Sakura in the middle. Little-Yue had calmed down, eventually. Because, Sakura had threatened to stuff him in Madison's video-camera carrying-case, if he did not behave. Currently the, rather small, Guardian of the Moon was sitting on Touya's shoulder. He was explaining to his *cough* friend *cough* about how he was now both Yue and Yukito, wrapped-up in one 'magnificent bundle' (his words :).
Sakura rolled her eyes at her Guardian's antics. She hoped she would get used to Yue's new attitude before she pointed a finger at him and said : 'Fire'. She smiled at the thought, Yue-toast.*evil grin*
"Hey, Sakura?" Kero asked from his spot on her shoulder.
"Yes, Kero?"
"Are you aware you're holding hands with the gaki?" he pointed down. Sakura followed his direction and saw that she was indeed holding hands with Syaoran. Again.
"Well, I am now."
"But you weren't before?"
"No, Kero what are you getting at?"
"So we could call it: 'involuntary hand-holding'?" Kero continued, ignoring Sakura's question.
"I guess so." Not that she minded.
"How long has this been going on?"
"Since Syaoran and I came back from our side-trip into my psyche," she answered.
"So, not long then?"
"No, not very long," she agreed.
"Well, that's something at least," Kero mumbled to himself, Sakura heard him anyway, and so did Syaoran.
"Kero, what are you talking about?" Syaoran demanded.
"What? Nothing, really," the little Fluff-ball answered, nervously, "I think I'll go ask Yue something.... Bye!!" he zoomed off before either of them could protest.
The two Card Captors, and Madison, watched curiously as Kero landed on Touya's shoulder, next to Yue. Since Yue was so small, Kero had no trouble finding room. The pair of Guardians spoke in hushed voices, so the rest of the car couldn't hear them. But they had forgotten about Touya, who could hear every word, and was going cross-eyed with the restraint it took him to not loudly demand they explain themselves. Instead, he tried to calm down and listen, it might come it handy later.
The *drum-roll* Park:
Kent pulled the car to a stop in an almost abandoned parking-lot, by a section of parkland that was deserted. This particular park did not have added attractions, like a zoo or amusement park, just a plain stretch of land, with trees here and there, that was good for picnics and hiking. But, while it wasn't cold, it wasn't exactly warm either. Hardly weather for picnicking, or hiking. And the black cloud of darkness in the sky, made it look like rain, tut tut.**
~It's fortunate that no one else is here~ thought Sakura as she climbed out of the car, ~less chance of someone getting hurt.~ Well someone else anyway, one or more of her little group was likely to get injured. Sakura looked up into the sky, the Stealer had almost caught up with them. As soon as they drove away from Syaoran's apartment, the Soul-Stealer changed direction to pursue them. Occasionally Sakura would hear it's taunts in her mind, telling her how it would take her power, but keep her alive, so she could see what it did to her family and friends. Her features turned grim, she could not let it hurt the people, and magical beasts (even the obnoxious ones), that she cared about.
Yue flew over to land on her shoulder. He tried his best to look contrite, and unassuming, but couldn't quite pull it off, because that smirk made another appearance. Sakura shook her head is disbelief. That smirk was really gonna get him in trouble one day. She was determined to be around to see it.
"Alright, I'll try," she said, "Kero? Um, how do I make him normal size?"
"You might want to start by getting him off your shoulder," Kero flew behind her and knocked the object of the discussion off his perch, taking it for his own. Yue tumbled end over end a few times before righting himself.
"Ya, I'm like, so scared," Kero mocked. Yue, who looked really angry, struggled to articulate his vexation, but the best he could come up with was:
Sakura tried not to laugh, Yue looked so funny. But allowing him to strangle Kero when he was 'big again', would just *not* do.
"Yue," she attempted a serious tone of voice, "I won't ch- C-H-A-N-G-E you back until you promise not to kill Kero. I need both of you for the fi--- Um, the F-I-G-H-T." she carefully spelled out the words that might activate any Card magic.
Yue unperceptively crossed his tiny fingers. Sakura hadn't said he was forbidden to exact revenge on the Fluff-ball after the fight, now had she? He could wait.
"Now, Kero, how do I make him normal?" Sakura asked for the second time.
"Hmmm," Kero thought about it, "Well, I don't think you should try the Big Card, that would just cause more problems..."
"So we need something like um, 'un-little'?" Sakura asked.
"I'd say that worked," commented a now regular sized Yue. He stood up, glad to be his normal height again, and dusted himself off, "Thank you, Mistress."
"Sure...." Sakura said weakly. Would she ever learn to watch what she said?
"Okay people," Kero called, clapping his stuffed hands to get everyone's attention, "Battle plan?"
To Be Continued ^_^
** I don't own Winnie the Pooh, or Christopher Robin, or 'Little, black, rain clouds'.